On the morning of 6 March 2023, officers of Squadron 49 San Vicente ran a road-prevention operation on Provincial Route 212 about six kilometres from National Route 14 at Paraje Sulma.[1] Officers saw three pickups, a Toyota Hilux and two Ford Rangers, driving with their lights off, whose occupants tried to flee when they noticed the checkpoint.[2] Two of the vehicles collided with each other during the evasive manoeuvres and were left by the roadside, while the third pickup was found abandoned about 700 metres away.[1] Officers secured the area and found 161 rectangular bundles distributed inside the cabins and cargo beds of the three vehicles.[1] In the presence of witnesses, officers confirmed the load was cannabis sativa weighing 3,094 kilos 890 grams in 4,397 packages.[1] The Oberá federal court ordered the detention of two men and the seizure of the drug and the vehicles.[1]

That afternoon, members of the Núcleo and Esperanza sections of Squadron 10 Eldorado patrolled the mountainous Paraje Pareha area of Colonia Victoria.[1] During the patrol, officers noticed vehicle tracks and people’s footprints on a path suggesting possible illicit manoeuvres.[1] After combing the area, they found 13 bundles of different sizes hidden in the vegetation, similar to those used to transport drugs.[1] In the presence of witnesses and using narcotest field tests, officers counted 252 bricks holding a total of 191 kilos 20 grams of marijuana.[1] The Eldorado federal court, with the federal prosecutor’s knowledge, ordered the seizure of the substance and items of interest to the case.[1]

The Gendarmerie presented the two finds as a single Misiones result of more than three tonnes of marijuana.[1]